John S. Van Winkle

Birth Date

1829-03-08

Death Date

1888-10-28

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Wayne County, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Wayne County native. Son of Micajah Van Winkle and Mary Phillips Van Winkle. Married to Mary Buster Van Winkle on January 21, 1858. Studied law with Ephraim L. Van Winkle in 1852. Graduated from law school at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1854. Attorney in Monticello, Kentucky, in 1860. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Wayne County from 1861 to 1863. Attorney in Danville, Kentucky, from 1863 to 1866.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, Monticello, p. 2; Office of the Kentucky Secretary of State, "Secretary of State John S. Van Winkle," apps.sos.ky.gov/secdesk/sosinfo/default.aspx?id=40 (accessed November 22, 2017); Find A Grave, "John Sallee VanWinkle (1829-1888)," Memorial #40846871, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40846871 (accessed November 22, 2017).

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